Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-09-03
B0fFALo BILLS BAR.
Colonel Groat's Description Of the Wild
WesttShOW In London.

Colonel Groat's Description of the Wild
West show In london.
There is o great deal OF misappre-
hension among the people of this coun-
try in regard to the relation of Buffalo
Bills wild west show to the American
exhibition now running in London" said
'Oolonel P a. Groat, OF the Northern
Pacific, who has recently returned from
London, to st. Paul Globe reporter.
The fact is that the wild west show is
but a small part OF the exhibition.
The exhibition he continu ed, Com
prlses three main departments, CO vsring
IN all twenty-tnree and one-haif acres
at Earis Court, London, =. w. The first
division consists OF the main building
End the annexeH which contain the art
gallery and the principal restaurant. The
main building ia / 200 feet long aud 2lO
wide. The second section of the exhibl.
ton consists X Buffalo Bills "Wiid
West" and the third section comprises
tho ornamental gardens and pleasure
grounds covering about twelve acres.
Here are found among other things, q
switch back railway and q tobogganing
slide, covering 10000 square et.
"Altuough bat O part of the exhibition,
the Vile West" seems to have taken
London by storm, aud the mammoth
grand stand. with a capacity of 90, 100, is
often filed. The arena wherein she
wild West is 40 realistically rendered
IS nearly one-thnd of O mile in circum-
ference, and the can vass depicting Rocky
mountain soenes which surrounds it,
gives the observer from the grand stand
. prairie view, and In the far distance
the lofty mountains. Near the entrance
from the Esrl's Court station is the
corral or enclosure in which
are confined the buffaloes,
elk. deer AMI steers. Here under
the sway of Ogelasa, or Red Shirt, are
the tepees OF the Indians of the Sioux,
Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Brnle, Sioux, Shos-
hone and Ogalalla tribes. Some idea of
the scale on which Buffalo Bills show is
conducted may be derived from the
statement that 1t embraces II Indian
tepees and ~ camp %tents,7 wagons, be-
sides the famous Deadwood
coach; 176 horses, 12 mules,
9 elk, 2deer, 10 steers and 16 baf-
faloes. The staff numbers nearly 100
individuals, and the Indians over 100.
In addition to hundreds and hundreds of
genuine Mexican aud Indian saddles
there are reyolvsrs, bowie-kniyes, sabsrs.
Indian trophies, of war, bonnets, war
Shirts. bows and arrows, laneea, war
clubs, shields and scalps complete Buffa-
10 Billie picture OF western life.
An English paper speaks as follows OF
one OF the dtstinctively American features
on exhibition: but what would D an
A ~ arirop 40 ovhsHfkfor Ln -,4Lo-e -
American bar? Now we are bound to
admit that the Importance OF this grand
institution has been duly borne in mind
by Messrs. Barsram & Co, the refresh
ment Contractors. The OCCASION ia o
sively American exhibition held In
Europe; the eyes OF the universe are up
on it, and Charley Paul and hie nimble.
handed eonfederates have resolved that
their department., ct any rate, shall
not give occasion for sneerinx to the
~ungenerons. just lock at "WhatlI you
drink ?'-the almanac of drinks, long
and short-dispensed here wherein you
will find o distinct drink for each and
every day throughout the year, the por-
tentous, liss moreover, being compiled
and arranged in. strict accord with the
seasons. Hard to please indeed must be
he whose taste can not be hit off here to
9 nicely. Noggs, slings cocktails oob-
blere, skins, twists, fzzes, swlzzles,
flashes of lightning, sours and tickiers
what more do you want In the way of
%liquoring up?"
The daily attendance at the exhibition
is from 10000 to 10000 and on what is
known as bank holiday, August /, the
attendance reached over 10000. The
grounds are reached by numerous rail
ways and q ticket from any station not
teo distant. entities the purchaser to
transportation and admission to the
whole exhibition, including the wild
West can be purchased for one shil-
ling"